Time for a new “Dead Guy”.

If you are unfamiliar with this game please check out the rules under “Dead Guy” on the left sidebar. Remember! The “Dead Guy” can be from any time period so make your questions pertinent!

I am answering the first question that is on your mind and I will do so with each new “Dead Guy”. This “Dead Guy” IS a “Dead Guy”, so this new “Dead Guy” is male.

Let the game begin!

OK- I think some time ago I wrote about selling a house I had and that the people that bought it were from Trinidad and I saved them quite a bit of money by doing all the paperwork myself as it was a cash deal and they were really happy with that and one thing led to another and we became friends. Recently I was over at their house to talk to Oscar about hanging some doors for me at my house and it was around ten in the morning and when I arrived he was in the kitchen while I was in the living room talking with his wife, Alison. Soon he came out to say hi and give Alison a cup of coffee and I asked if he had any more. He said no that he’d only made two cups and it was Trinidad coffee anyways and he’d only met one white person that liked the taste. Alison persuaded him to go make some more so I could taste it and he asked me what I drank in it, to which I answered cream or milk, whatever, just no sugar. He told me that it was a no no to put cream or milk in that type of coffee because it ruined the flavor so I told him I’d give it a shot black because I can’t stand sugar in my coffee.

Anywho he brought the coffee out when it was finished and I took a sip- and then another- and then another. Before I knew it the cup was gone and I abhor black coffee but this was sooooooo good. They told me that it was a brand called Hong Wing and had been a staple in Trinidad/Tobago since 1921. He also showed me how he makes it and that was by pouring two large coffee cups of water in a small pot and then adding perhaps a teaspoon and a half of the coffee into the pot and then bringing it to a boil. Once it began to boil he shut it off and let it set for about 5 minutes and then let the grains settle to the bottom and poured the brew into the cups.

Now it seems that they know TWO white people who like Hong Wing. It is really great. Not bitter at all which is why I add milk to regular coffee. I just can’t take the full taste without a bit of mellowing, but this Hong Wing is wonderful black. Before I left Alison went to the kitchen and brought me a pound of the coffee. Whenever she goes home to Trinidad she always stocks up and as she’s going home for Christmas she decided to spare one for me.

I was reading the back of the package and it tells you how to brew it in a coffee pot and I mentioned what it said and Oscar acted like I was a heretic. LOL He told me I MUST brew it as he showed me, because that was the island way. So the next morning I did as he’d shown me to do and he taught me pretty well because it tasted just like his and it’s wonderful!

I figured David might be interested in this because I know he’s a coffee kindofasewer. Hee Hee Wasn’t sure how to spell that and didn’t feel like going to dictionary.com. It’s available from their online site if you’d like to try it out there in third world county.

Too bad I don’t drink anymore or is it? I was watching this show last night, some new thing about jobs that piss other people off and one of them was wrecker drivers in Vegas towing people. LMAO All of the towees were drunk of course, so at least I’ll be sober enough hopefully not to park somewhere my car’s gonna get towed.

Made reservations at the Golden Nugget and I think it was one hell of a price for the room. $299.00 for 4 nights and the greatest thing was I found out a few weeks AFTER I made the reservations that the first bull draft for the PBR World Finals is right there!

Physically I’m doing pretty well. Got some new bras with this silicone implant type thingy you stick in one side so I’m not walking lopsided. Hee hee. The only thing that’s really bothering me right now is my legs. Jesus. They ache constantly from that Neulasta crap I had to take to build the white blood cells back up. I thought that would go away after my last chemo treatment but my oncologist says don’t bet on it- sigh. Well hell, better a junkie than dead eh?

Anywhoooooo- as DL commented on my last post- What happens in Vegas gets blogged! Check back the middle of November. LOL

John and I went to the Bud Light Invitational in San Antonio Sunday and J.B. Mauney won the event, however!!! The ultimate entertainer, rodeo clown, ex-teacher, Captain Enterprise, however you categorize him, Flint Rasmussen, shoots t-shirts from an air cannon for Enterprise Rent-A Car and in one of the t-shirts there are tickets for the PBR World Finals in Las Vegas. YES!!! You got it! John caught the t-shirt and it had the tickets rolled up inside. WOOT WOOT! I’m going to Vegas!!

Of course Stephanie’s first thought was Monty- but she ran into the guy who gave her the snake to begin with and he told her what the snakes name actually was, so I’m calling him Leo for short. Oh yes, Steph moved out the day after she brought the snake home, so guess who he belongs to now. That’s right, he’s mine. Now we know why some species eat their young-

Anywho- as promised- Leo feeding. I wasn’t sure how much time I had on the camera, and the battery went red while I was filming, but it takes you almost to completion. Enjoy! LMAO!

Leo Feeding

but—-

I’m Still Alive & Well.

Now I have that damn song on my brain and I can’t remember who did it- sheesh. Johnny Winters? Hmmm.

Lots has happened and I may get around to writing about it all in a few days.

Let’s see what is new. Steph FINALLY went back to work but she went to work in a pet store and what’s the first things she brings home? A python for God’s sake. We had the first feeding yesterday and when I get FTP set up on this new computer and see if I can remember how to insert videos, yada yada, I’ll post that. LMAO

See y’all soon, and thanks to everyone for your prayers and thoughts.

LOL! What a surprise! Little John came home this weekend with his hair all cut off and look!

He loves his mommy.

I got this terrible rash from some drug the doc gave me, and I’m not sure but fairly certain that it was the Cipro I was taking for an upper respiratory infection because as soon as I quit taking it the rash went away, but it could have been caused by it being mixed with the other chemo stuff as I’ve taken Cipro before but never had a rash occur. Anywho- It was driving me absolutely bat shit so I asked the pharmacist what I could take for the rash or use on it and BECAUSE of the chemo drugs, not a whole hell of a lot it turns out, although when I finally went to the doc about it she told me I could take Benadryl. OK the Benadryl helped but before that the pharmacist told me Aveeno Oatmeal Bath, so I went and bought some and sure enough it helped quite a bit, but good God! 8 bucks for 8 packets.

I read the back of the package and it said that it’s 100% colloidal oatmeal. Hmmmm- of course I get on here and look up colloidal and Jaysus! all that means is fine particles. I go to the grocery store and buy a big ass container of oatmeal (NOT Quick Oats mind you) for $2.99 and come home and put a few tablespoons in the blender and punch High and Pulverize and I HAVE colloidal oatmeal. Works like a charm and oh- 8 bucks my ass!

Still kickin’!! Got to go for chemo today though so who knows when I’ll feel like getting back. Had a really good Christmas and I hope y’all did too!!!

Special thanks to Cathy!! Loved the card!!

LOL! I’m on an acronym kick I think. That’s why I’ve been down so much lately though, because so are my WBC (white blood cells). I’ve been having to go to the doc’s every day for Neuprogen shots after each chemo session. You go in one day, do the chemo, and then a few days later have to go back for the $7,000.00 shot that’s supposed to keep the WBC level, and then a few days after that go back for lab and they draw blood specifically to check the WBC count again. When they find it’s low they start with the other shots and God only knows what they cost but my insurance company signed off on those immediately. Hmmmmm- Wonder why? LOL The main thing though is keeping them growing, which is what the Neuprogen does and if it doesn’t then I’m either going to have to get a TRANSFUSION, God forbid, or they have to lessen my chemo drugs even more than they already have and that will just stretch this whole damn ordeal out longer. Sigh.

Keeping the faith though and I manage to get everyone in the chemo room talking when I’m there anyways. LOL It’s always dead quiet when I walk in, but that doesn’t last long because I engage the others in whatever- No one has told me to STFU yet and leave them suffer in silence. Hee Hee.

Got to go back this morning for lab to see if the last two days shots have done any good. I’m hoping though because those shots make my bones ache. Good thing I have an understanding doc- She prescribed Dilaudid for God’s sake. That takes the pain away and therefore here I am typing. LOL